Grade 1 Science – Materials, objects, and everyday structures

Description

Do you want a fun and hands-on unit to teach Materials, objects, and everyday structures? This unit fits into the Understanding Structures and Mechanisms curriculum in Ontario and is full of fun and engaging activities for little learners!

• This resource contains a PowerPoint slide(s) and a lesson plan for each lesson. There are extension activities as well as discussion questions provided in these lesson plans. Most lessons also have task card questions and discussion starters, posters and some have pocket chart cards too!

• Each lesson shows the curriculum outcomes met with the lesson.

• MOST lessons have extension activities and a few have STEM challenges.

• There is a section on report card comments where a sample comment is provided and I have included my data tracking sheet to show you how I track and assess to collect data and integrate it into the report card comment.

• There are colorful real-life photography posters, vocabulary and word wall cards with graphics for display or pocket charts.

• Letter to the parents is included for one lesson where parent assistance is required to send in items from home

This amazing resource has EVERYTHING you will need to teach your grade, one science class, this unit from start to finish!

Creative lessons and printables included in this resource are:

• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
• Using your 5 senses to describe and identify objects
• Sorting, identifying and classifying materials
• The properties of materials
• Sink or Float
• Testing the properties of Waterproof materials
• Choosing the right material for the job – purpose, and function of materials
• Structures in your community
• Keep it together! (Fasteners)
• Designing and Constructing using recycled materials
• Structures – what is a structure? – focus on playground structures
• Comparing like structures
• Natural structures
• Natural structures compared to manmade structures

Buyers have said:

As a first-year teacher, this is exactly what I was looking for! It is straightforward, – no need to try to find expectations that match the content! It’s all there 🙂

There is a page of ALL the curriculum expectations included in this resource.

You will find it will meet:

Grade 1 Ontario Science overall expectations:

– Assess the impact on people and the environment of objects and structures and the materials used in them.

– Investigate structures that are built for a specific purpose to see how their design and materials suit the purpose.

– Demonstrate an understanding that objects and structures have observable characteristics and are made from materials with specific properties that determine how they are used.

CHECK OUT MY OTHER GRADE ONE SCIENCE UNITS

Energy in Our Lives

Needs and Characteristics of Living Things

Materials, Objects and Everyday Structures

Earth and Space Systems – Daily and Seasonal Changes

Terms

Copyright © Laura Merritt – Stop and Smell the Crayons (Tpt) All rights reserved by the author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. See product file for clip-art and font credits.